TY - BOOK AU - Finegan,Edward TI - Language: its structure and use SN - 0155001221 AV - P106 .F525 1994 U1 - 410 20 PY - 1994///] CY - Fort Worth PB - Harcourt Brace College Publishers KW - Language and languages KW - Linguistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I; Language Structures --; 1; Languages and Linguistics --; 2; Words and Their Parts: Lexicon and Morphology --; 3; The Sounds of Language: Phonetics --; 4; The Sound Systems of Language: Phonology --; 5; The Structure of Phrases and Sentences: Syntax --; 6; The Study of Meaning: Semantics --; 7; Language Universals and Language Typology --; Part II; Language Use --; 8; Information Structure and Pragmatics --; 9; Speech Acts and Conversation --; 10; Language Variation across Situations of Use: Registers --; 11; Language Variations among Social Groups: Dialects --; 12; Writing --; Part III; Language Change and Language Development --; 13; Language Change over Time: Historical Linguistics --; 14; Historical Development in English --; 15; Acquiring First and Second Languages ER -